Biden, mourners pay tribute to John Glenn, American hero

The nation's vice-president and a retired Marine Corps general were among the dignitaries, family members and other mourners who choked up Saturday during a memorial tribute to the late space hero John Glenn. Roughly 2,500 people gathered at Mershon Auditorium on the Ohio State University campus for "a celebration of life" for the former fighter pilot, history-making astronaut and longtime Democratic U.S. senator from small-town Ohio.

Dershowitz blasts Netanyahu witch-hunts, BDS, and wants a Kotel – for all Jews’

The numerous legal or quasi-legal scandals raised against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are witchhunts which harm democracy, the counterattack against the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign is having mixed success, and the Kotel must be "for all Jews," Prof. Alan Dershowitz told The Jerusalem Post in a wide-ranging interview on Thursday.

Daily Show with Trevor Noah EDITS Clip from Trump’s…

The Daily Show with Trevor Noah EDITS clip from the "Thank You" Rally in Grand Rapids, MI to ATTACK PEOTUS Trump- The original video of the rally, the one The Daily Show uses is from Tucker Carlson Tonight. At 44:10 Tucker Carlson Tonight video from Good News Daily youtube channel there is booing from the crowd when Trump mentions Hillary Clinton, along with Bill Clinton, and Barack and Michelle Obama, and their unexpected campaign trip to Michigan.

Trump Tillerson Environment Q and A

President-elect Donald Trump this week tapped Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson to serve as his secretary of state. If confirmed by the Senate, where opposition is emerging, the move could have broad consequences for U.S. environmental policy and affect the role the U.S. plays in multinational discussions about climate change.

On victory lap, few signs emerge Trump will focus on unifed nation

President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday wrapped up his postelection victory tour, showing few signs of turning the page from his blustery campaign to focus on uniting a divided nation a month before his inauguration. At each stop, the Republican has gloatingly recapped his election night triumph, reignited some old political feuds while starting some new ones, and done little to quiet the hate-filled chants of "Lock her up!" directed at Democratic rival Hillary Clinton.

The Latest: Trump holds last victory rally but promises more

President-elect Donald Trump is holding the final rally on his postelection victory tour in a football stadium in Mobile, Alabama, where he held the biggest rally of his campaign. Trump said he's been told that once he's president he should stop holding such rallies.

The Latest: Chorus singing caps John Glenn tribute

A chorus has sung "Let There Be Peace On Earth" to a packed Ohio State University auditorium, capping a memorial service filled with moving tributes to the late space pioneer John Glenn. Vice President Joe Biden and a retired Marine Corps general were among those who choked up while praising Glenn for bravery, consideration of others and his many achievements during the more than two hours of a "celebration of life" in his home-state Ohio's capital on Saturday afternoon.

Trump greeted by trail maids during Ala. stop

Donald Trump Trump responds to Michelle Obama: 'We have tremendous hope' Trump greeted by trail maids during Ala. stop Groups make 0,000 ad buy to rally GOP electors against Trump MORE was greeted by several trail maids Saturday afternoon as his plane touched down at Mobile Downtown Airport in Mobile, Ala.

Trump’s pick for budget office is hard-liner on spending

President-elect Donald Trump said Saturday that he would nominate Representative Mick Mulvaney of South Carolina to be his budget director. Mulvaney is a founding member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, the group that led the takedown of John Boehner as speaker In Mulvaney, Trump has chosen for the Office of Management and Budget a spending hard-liner to join an economic team that could be ideologically in conflict, setting up possible collisions during major policymaking next year.

Potent U.S. Tools To Counter Hack Face Challenges

Over the past four months, US intelligence agencies and aides to President Obama assembled a menu of options to respond to Russia's hacking during the election, ranging from the obvious - exposing President Vladimir Putin's financial ties to oligarchs - to the innovative, including manipulating the computer code that Russia uses in designing its cyberweapons. But while Obama vowed Friday to "send a clear message to Russia" as both punishment and deterrent, some of the options were rejected as ineffective, others as too risky.

Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers says Trump didn’t offer Interior job

U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers says she was never offered the job of Interior secretary by President-elect Donald Trump. The Republican lawmaker from Eastern Washington state told The Spokesman-Review that when her name started circulating as Trump's pick for the job it was completely unexpected.

On victory lap, few signs Trump focusing on unified nation

President-elect Donald Trump is greeted by the Azalea Trail Maids after arriving at the airport for a rally at Ladd-Peebles Stadium, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2016, in Mobile, Ala. President-elect Donald Trump is greeted by the Azalea Trail Maids after arriving at the airport for a rally at Ladd-Peebles Stadium, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2016, in Mobile, Ala.

Donald Trump picks a hardliner as ambassador to Israel

FOR a new American president to pick an ambassador with no experience in trade, cultural or any other form of diplomacy is not particularly remarkable. These appointments tend to be rewards for loyalty, friendship and financial backing during the campaign.

CNN’s Rye: Trump’s Election – Far FromLegitimate,’ – That Guy Is Not My President’

CNN's Rye: Trump's Election 'Far From Legitimate,' 'That Guy Is Not My President' Breitbart Video, by Ian Hanchett On Friday's broadcast of CNN's "AC360," CNN Political Commentator Angela Rye stated that "Donald Trump's election, in my mind, is far from legitimate." Rye said, "Donald Trump's election, in my mind, is far from legitimate, at this point.